Comments on: Are Droughts Becoming Longer and More Intense? http://capnbob.us/blog/2007/07/18/are-droughts-becoming-longer-and-more-intense/ Our Unique Perspectives on Life and Politics Wed, 16 May 2012 23:57:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Cap'n Bob http://capnbob.us/blog/2007/07/18/are-droughts-becoming-longer-and-more-intense/#comment-25121 Cap'n Bob Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:17:55 +0000 http://capnbob.us/blog/2007/07/18/are-droughts-becoming-longer-and-more-intense/#comment-25121 Roger, Thanks for the reference. There are plenty of references available to debunk both drought and man-made temperature increase hysteria. Coming from the source it does, the reference you gave hints at the weakness of their own arguments. I just got an invitation from a local elected official to attend a 'town hall' meeting on how we can prevent global warming. I have no problem with voluntary participation in conservation efforts, but the greenbats in our legislature want to mandate carbon caps, taxes, bureaucracies and penalties. All for the sake of a 'sky-is-falling' paradigm. It's sad. Roger,

Thanks for the reference. There are plenty of references available to debunk both drought and man-made temperature increase hysteria. Coming from the source it does, the reference you gave hints at the weakness of their own arguments.

I just got an invitation from a local elected official to attend a ‘town hall’ meeting on how we can prevent global warming. I have no problem with voluntary participation in conservation efforts, but the greenbats in our legislature want to mandate carbon caps, taxes, bureaucracies and penalties. All for the sake of a ’sky-is-falling’ paradigm. It’s sad.

]]> By: ROGER http://capnbob.us/blog/2007/07/18/are-droughts-becoming-longer-and-more-intense/#comment-25119 ROGER Sat, 29 Sep 2007 08:02:35 +0000 http://capnbob.us/blog/2007/07/18/are-droughts-becoming-longer-and-more-intense/#comment-25119 Just found your item Australia is experiencing an unusually bad drought and predictably there are cries of "global warming". No one seems to care that even the CSIRO which is usually associated with dire GW projections says otherwise. See below If you want a good example of Gore bending the facts check out the work of Kerry Emanual of MIT who is cited as the "science" behind Gore's hurrican hysteria. Emanual actually says we don't have the data or the methodology to properly measure hurricane trends, that it is absurd to attribute Katrina to GW, there is no evidence ...... I don't think Al read much less comprehended Emanual. Drought a result of natural causes, says researcher December 28, 2006 - 8:00AM Source: ABC Drought a result of natural variation in climate: research Drought a result of natural variation in climate: research Photo: ABC TV New research from the CSIRO suggests the current drought is due to natural variation in climate, not the greenhouse effect. Barrie Hunt, an honorary research fellow at the CSIRO's atmospheric research centre in Melbourne, has studied 10,000 years of climate variability in Australia. His research shows about 30 periods of drought which occur at random times and he says the length of each drought does not follow a predictable pattern. Mr Hunt says this drought is not caused by the greenhouse effect. "I think it's probably a bit too early yet to say we're having a greenhouse effect on rainfall, rainfall's a very difficult climatic term to get to grips with," he said. "There's definitely a greenhouse effect on temperature; I'm not sure we're having one on rainfall yet. "This drought will break and it's important for people to say, 'Well, I understand that when the drought breaks, it's not the greenhouse effect. It's a load of rubbish, of course - it's rained again'. "Everyone says this thing's due to the greenhouse effect and therefore they expect it to go on forever in a way, the naive people do." abc logo Source: Bigpond News 28/12/2006 Just found your item
Australia is experiencing an unusually bad drought and predictably there are cries of “global warming”. No one seems to care that even the CSIRO which is usually associated with dire GW projections says otherwise. See below

If you want a good example of Gore bending the facts check out the work of Kerry Emanual of MIT who is cited as the “science” behind Gore’s hurrican hysteria. Emanual actually says we don’t have the data or the methodology to properly measure hurricane trends, that it is absurd to attribute Katrina to GW, there is no evidence …… I don’t think Al read much less comprehended Emanual.

Drought a result of natural causes, says researcher
December 28, 2006 - 8:00AM
Source: ABC
Drought a result of natural variation in climate: research
Drought a result of natural variation in climate: research
Photo: ABC TV

New research from the CSIRO suggests the current drought is due to natural variation in
climate, not the greenhouse effect.

Barrie Hunt, an honorary research fellow at the CSIRO’s atmospheric research centre in
Melbourne, has studied 10,000 years of climate variability in Australia.

His research shows about 30 periods of drought which occur at random times and he says
the length of each drought does not follow a predictable pattern.

Mr Hunt says this drought is not caused by the greenhouse effect.

“I think it’s probably a bit too early yet to say we’re having a greenhouse effect on rainfall,
rainfall’s a very difficult climatic term to get to grips with,” he said.

“There’s definitely a greenhouse effect on temperature; I’m not sure we’re having one on
rainfall yet.

“This drought will break and it’s important for people to say, ‘Well, I understand that when
the drought breaks, it’s not the greenhouse effect. It’s a load of rubbish, of course - it’s
rained again’.

“Everyone says this thing’s due to the greenhouse effect and therefore they expect it to go
on forever in a way, the naive people do.”
abc logo

Source: Bigpond News 28/12/2006

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